Quote Originally Posted by ShunNakamura
Hmm.. I am sure the US keeps plenty secret from it's people. Albeit it is prolly less then what was kept unknowable in the past.. but it ain't gone from our world yet.
I think he more meant how technology works. I mean, yes there are still secrets, but I can go and find a website right now which will tell me the theory behind building a railgun/coilgun capable of punching through a meter of reinforced steel. I already know the theory behind building an atomic bomb, and if I could be bothered I could go learn the math behind it as well.

Of course, there are still state secrets and the like and I doubt that'll ever change, and I don't endorse the majority of them being kept either. Nonetheless, I think things are better now than they were way back when.